Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sickness absence for mental ill health in National Health Service staff.

Diana A van der PlaatRhiannon EdgeDavid CoggonMartie J A van TongerenRupert MuiryVaughan ParsonsPaul CullinanIra Madan
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
Although the COVID-19 epidemic led to an increase in sickness absence attributed to mental ill health in NHS staff, this had substantially declined by May/June 2020, corresponding with the decrease in pressures at work as the first wave of the epidemic subsided.